Egg tester or container.



1. H. Emmaus. EGG TESTER OH CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZS, T911.

attenua 1K5 titl JOHN H. EMKINS, OF @MAI-IA, NEBRASKA.

EGG TESTER R CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented Sept. ld, MM5.,

Application iled May 29, 1911. Serial No. 630,074.

To gli yzic/iam it may concern lje it known that l, JOHN H. EMKINS,

citizen' of the United States, residing at inaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have `invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg Testers or Containers, of which the following is a specifi- .cationL- l This invention relates to an egg tester and container and the object thereof is to provide a suitable egg receptacle which canbe manufactured at such low cost as to render the expense negligible and thereby render the device lit to be distributedI as an advertising novelty.

W ith the above and other objects in view have invented the egg container shown in the drawings and described in the specification. j

ln the Vdrawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my egg container. Fig. 2 is 'a perspective view of the closure therefor. Fig. '3 is a side sectional elevation of the container, and Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view -thereef at right-angles to lFig. 3.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts Wherever used.

Ac. pasteboard box l is provided-With a movable partition 5 dividing the inside of the box into a plurality of egg compartments. @ne end of the box is formed with 'a cover having a tab or bent portion 8 arranged to overlie .the interior of the opp0- site end of the box and be frictionally held therein. by the abutting end of the partition 5. The bottom a and the cover 7 of the boxv partition and adjacent4 side, the eggs may be exposed to advantage and lreadily tested.

The sides 2 and 3 of the box l project over 1 the .other vsides or ends thereof over which is slidaclosure having but tvvosidesn, and 14", topl 14, and bottom-14, WhichWilll tlius be spaced apart from tlie'cbver ofthe'y box 1. The object of this arrangement is to prevent the contained eggs in the .box from having contact with said `closure in o rder that they may be preserved against injury.

` rihe projecting portionsl of sides Q'and are designated l and 12 respectively. i,

Reference being hadv to Figs. 3' and4, the

l parts are shown in normal position, and at 11a is designated an egg normally fitting its compartment, 'and at 11 a number of eggs of large size 'protruding through the apertures 9 of the cover 7 of the box 1, but having no contact with the contiguous. faces of the closure.

My egg container and tester may be very easily turned -out in large numbers from Vcard-board, pasteboard and the like, and

will efficiently facilitate the testing of the eggs r:ontained in the box While it will accommodate eggs of various sizes Without injury. It, will be seen that the partition 5 is removable and that the various parts of the boxare integrally formed.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-entzl. The described device consisting of a box having a'. lid with a right angular ange thereon, a bottom having openings therein,

said lid having openings in alinement with sald rst openings, a4 cell member Within said box, said box having its side Walls projecting beyond its endwalls, said projections being on a vertical plane with said side Walls and a casing ivithin which said box is slidable, said ,projections adapted to space said lid from the upper wall of said casing, said bottom and lid adapted to hold eggs Within said box.

Athe cells formed by said cell Amember and 2. The described device consistingl ofzaboxY having a lid with a right angular Harige thereon, a bottom vhaving openings therein, said lid having openings inalinement Wlth saidv first openings, a cell member Within,

said box, said box havingits side walls proj ecting beyond its endl Walls, said projections I being on a'vertical plane with said side Walls and a casing Within which said box is slid ablsaidlprojeetion adapted to space said lid from/the upper Wall of said casing, said ,bottbmad lid adapted to hold eggs Within in presence of two Witnesses.

JCHN H. EMKINS.

Vlitne'sses :4

EDWARD LEEDER,"

-Y y `FRED L. SMITH. 

